By Elizabeth Enslin on March 3, 2010
A photo from the Joseph Canyon overlook in Northeastern Oregon…
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Images, Pacific Northwest travel, Recent | Tagged beauty, canyons, photography, rainbows
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 6, 2010
Moss growing behind my ears, moss for brains, hiding under moss….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Images, Recent, Wild Plants | Tagged moss, photography, winter
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 28, 2009
I’ve spent most of my life among Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga sp.) Although I love other trees and plant communities, Douglas fir forests still speak to me of home. In the Pacific Northwest, they’re ubiquitous from the Cascades to the coast. Douglas fir and other conifers of the region are why I’ve never felt at ease in the deciduous forests of eastern North America (as lovely as they are), where bare branches in winter make me especially homesick….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Biodiversity, Recent, Species of the Week, Wild Plants | Tagged Pacific Northwest, photography, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 20, 2009
It was hard to leave our yurt in northeastern Oregon with Western larch (Larix occidentalis) in full copper-yellow glory. But when the flanks of the mountains there blaze with what looks like a procession of candles, it’s time to get ready for a harsh winter or move to lower elevations….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Recent, Species of the Week, Wild Plants | Tagged inland northwest, inspiration, seasons
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 27, 2009
This time of year, I’m one of many throughout the West enthralled by – and worried about – one of our most striking fall color trees: Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides ). Utah and Colorado have acres and acres of aspens. In northeast Oregon, we have smaller groves dotting the more prevalent bunchgrass slopes and ponderosa
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Seasons and Rituals, Species of the Week, Wild Plants | Tagged beauty, climate change, land stewardship
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 14, 2009
Photograph of mist in a remote canyon in Northeast Oregon.
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Images | Tagged inspiration, photography, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on September 20, 2009
Today is Rock Flipping Day when people around the world turn over rocks to see what’s underneath. In our far northeast corner of Oregon, we have lots of basalt piles, so the hardest part was choosing….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Images, Recent | Tagged photography, rocks, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 26, 2009
I first heard the strange noises in late June: whistling squawks that sounded like sea gulls five hundred miles off course. The calls began at sundown every evening and continued throughout the night. I couldn’t imagine what besides an owl would make so much noise after dark. But owls hoot. Right? Couldn’t possibly be owls, I thought….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Species of the Week, Wildlife Encounters | Tagged nature, species, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 9, 2009
Here’s a small taste of Saturday’s hike on Zumwalt Prairie, the largest Nature Conservancy reserve in Oregon and the last remnant of bluebunch wheatgrass/idaho fescue-dominated prairie in North America. Thanks to the Wallowa Land Trust for organizing a great outing and to the local Nature Conservancy office for leading it.
Looking east over section of Zumwalt
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Pacific Northwest travel, Travel, Wild Plants | Tagged photography, wild, wildflowers
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